Definition for Excogitation:

• Invention or contrivance by thinking.

Synonyms for Excogitation:

• n.

  •
  • deliberation,
  • reflection,
  • cogitation,
  • contemplation,
  • meditation,
  • thoughts.
  •cerebration (noun)
  • judgment.
  •conception (noun)
  • conception.
  •design (noun)
  • design.
  •excogitation (noun)
  • formation,
  • innovation,
  • concoction,
  • contrivance,
  • formulation,
  • invention.
  •rumination (noun)
  • deduction,
  • Inferring,
  • cognition,
  • regard,
  • discerning,
  • ideation,
  • hope,
  • anticipation,
  • intuition,
  • Deducing,
  • rationalizing,
  • logic,
  • knowings,
  • study,
  • musing,
  • seeings,
  • seeing,
  • understanding,
  • deriving,
  • knowing,
  • ideations,
  • scrutiny,
  • attention,
  • Apprehending,
  • introspection,
  • reasoning,
  • concluding,
  • theorization,
  • heed,
  • inducing,
  • rationalization,
  • Realizing,
  • Considering,
  • Perceiving,
  • theorizations,
  • judging.
  •speculation (noun)
  • hunch,
  • consideration,
  • stab,
  • hypothesis,
  • review,
  • supposition,
  • shot,
  • studying,
  • belief,
  • shot in the dark,
  • conjecture,
  • weighing,
  • guesswork,
  • opinion,
  • surmise.

• Other synonyms:

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  • rumination,
  • brainwork.

Excogitation Sentence Examples:

• Johnson has anticipated Darwin's method in advice given in his Gargantuan manner: Do not exact from yourself, at one effort of excogitation, propriety of thought and elegance of expression.

Homophones for Excogitation:

• echidna, estonia, equitation, eighty-nine, eastman, ecosystem, eighteen, eustoma, equation, esthonian, equisetum, excitation, estonian, ejection, esthonia, execution, exudation, exhaustion, eighty-one, esteem, exaction.

Hyponym for Excogitation:

• n.

  • cognition
    mentation, thought, cerebration, intellection, thinking, thought process.